Nadie_AZ:So according to Di's last graph, the Cardinals are the best team in the league?

I like the Detroit image of Hello Kitty.

I usually make fun of at least one team in the icons. I might have to change it up this year, depending on how the Loins do. I also have a cute little sheep I use for the Rams sometimes. We'll have to see who turns out to be the worst.

So here's the first of our Win Percentage vs. Opponent Strength of Victory chart:

Linky to bigger. Great big thanks to RminusQ for doing the numbers for me. He's really nice.

So the higher you are, the better your actual win/loss record. The farther to the right you are, the tougher the teams you have played. So Indy has played the best teams so far. It's only been 4 weeks, though. The farther we get into the season, the more useful this one will be. It answers the "Yeah, but who have they beaten?" question.

While the Cowboys did play abysmally last night, they are tied with the Packers, Pats, & Jets. What does it mean?

Nadie_AZ:I thought they were ranking the best teams, not standings. I mean, you've 2 3-1 teams in front of the Cardinals.

I've always had the power rankings as "the ranking of teams by their likely finish at the end of the season." A big way to do that is to judge them by their W/L, but then from there you slide them up or down based on performance beyond score.